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A weekend trip to Santa Fe for back-to-school supplies led police to arrest two Mora County men on robbery charges.

Las Vegas Police Sgt. Michael Ortega was off-duty Sunday, shopping for back-to-school items with his family at the Santa Fe Place mall when he noticed a blue 2000 Chevrolet two-door pickup truck. The truck matched a description tied to recent armed robberies at Hibbett Sports and Bealls department store on Seventh Street in Las Vegas.

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At least three suspects are being sought after a pair of Seventh Street businesses were robbed at gunpoint, police say.

The Las Vegas Police Department issued a news release describing a July 30 armed robbery at Hibbett Sports and a similar incident Aug. 2 at Bealls department store, located in the same shopping center on Seventh Street at Legion Drive.

As of Tuesday at press time, no suspects are in custody in either incident. Las Vegas Police say it believes the two robberies are connected.